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 Mar 2023
CP
What you see
Is a confident woman
And everyday I have to remind myself I’m strong
that I am that person.
But deep inside I know,
I’m not.
I’m still that girl
That lonely girl afraid of being left
that girl terrified of rejection and abandonment
That girl yearning for a hug.
I want to be that woman.
You help me become her.
The inside slow fades.
 Mar 2023
jude rogers
A wanderer is here
he stays for a visit
his kindness is clear
he roams bringing good will.

But linger he shan't
his time here is quite scant
and remember you can't
what he's done for you now.

But, aye, he's yet gone
hear his troubles till dawn
take his word into notion
set new good things in motion.

Cherish these times
his presence is sure
a good indicator
of things in the future.

Wait for brand new beginnings
lest you forget these sweet things
these travelers say to make
memories, newly fleeting.

Said scant time is finished
so fast, like deep sleep
so filled, practically brimming
with concepts for morrow.

Let his wisdom surely guide you
put your old things behind you,
'tis an age of new beginnings,
and a wanderer is here.
This can serve as more than one metaphor to you, which was my intent. I don't write poetry a lot but it is nice to be able to express parts of the world in ways such as this.
 Sep 2020
Dracol Noir
Look under the bed
But don't touch the floor.
Many tears to shed
But don't go knocking at the door.
The title is just a name I thought up of. It's not from a film, book or anything at all.

Bit of a backstory with this poem; I was up late at night doing homework but my mind kept on drifting. I was remembering a horror story about a serial pet killer on the loose and a little girl, home alone with the family dog under her bed. Hiding under the blanket, she would put her arm down and let the dog lick her hand...
 Sep 2020
JakeY
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Out of the cold into the sun
When I am old I'll remember the fun
A story now told without a pun
A boy once sold is now on the run
 Sep 2020
CK Baker
misted lakes on the alpine
washboard roads
and broken reins
quiet streams
under cattle guards
the barbed wire
guides the way
All yours, JBOB!
 Sep 2020
nivek
monochrome inside. hidden from view
personal scape, escapes, deep silence
we met on a strange plane of thought.
i hear your singing. your life-force.
Hey! poet! keep on keeping on...on..on..

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